Bill 2 — Second Session, 18Th Legislature, 25 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 2 the Appropriation Act, 1976 the Provincial Treasurer (Legislature 18, Session 2)
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1976 Bill 2 Second Session, 18th Legislature, 25 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 2 THE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1976 THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER First Reading ..... ,., .... " .......... , , Second Reading .. , ... , ........... ' Third Reading ..... . .......... , .. , .... , ... . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON
Bill 2 BILL 2 1976 THE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1976 (Assented to , 1976) MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN:
WHEREAS it appears by Messages from His Honour, Ralph G. Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Alberta, and the Estimates accompanying the Messages, that the sums hereinafter mentioned are required to defray certain expenditures of the Public Service of Alberta not otherwise provided for during the; fiscal years ending re spectively, March 31, 1976 and March 31, 1977, and for other purposes relating thereto: MAY IT THEREFORE PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY that it be enacted and
be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, as follows: 1.. From and out of the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum not 'exceeding, in the whole, $287,245,126.65 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service from April 1, 1975 to March 31, 1976, not otherwise provided for and set forth in Schedul'e "A" to this Act. 2.
From and out of the General Revenue Fund there may be paid and applied a sum not exceeding, in the whole, $2,961,449,507 towards defraying the s'everal charges and expenses of the Public Service from April 1, 1976 to March 31, 1977, not otherwise provided, being the amounts set forth in
Schedule "B" to this Act, less the amount of $1,037,772,356 voted by
section 1 of The Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 1976. 3. From and out of the General Revenue Fund there may be paid and applied a sum not exceeding, in the whole, $65,000,000 towards defraying the further expenditures of the Public Service from April 1, 1976 to March 31, 1977 not otherwise provided for and set forth in
Schedule "C" to this Act, less the amount of $25,000,000 voted by
section 2 of The Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 1976.
4. The due application of all moneys expended under this Act shall be accounted for. 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.
SCHEDULE "A" AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income $ 36,050,921.12 ATTORNEY GENERAL DEP ART'MENT : Chargeable to Income 987,500.00 EDUCATION DEP ARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 8,164,000.00 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: Chargeable to Income 1,948,000.00 TRANSPORTATION DEP ARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 3,692,665.00 Chargeable to Capital BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 157,000.00 LEGISLATION: Chargeable to Income 231,120.00 MUNICIP AL AFFAIRS DEP ARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 1,056,850.00 HOUSING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: Chargeabl'e to Income 18,588,109.00 Chargeable to Capital 2 $49,517,385.00 4,540,000.00
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEP ARTMENT : Chargeable to Income 4,578,700.00 Chargeable to Capital 551,500.00 HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE: Chargeable to Income 20,815,000.00 SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 2,941,079.80 GOVERNMENT SERVICES DEP ARTMENT : Ohargeable to Income 15,397,331. 73 Chargeable to Capital 3,878,000.00 TREASURY DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 61,380,000.00 Chargeable to Capital 18,000.00 ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 245,000.00 Chargeable to Capital 15,215,000.00 ADV ANCED EDUCATION AND MANPOWER DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 12,195,380.00 Chargeable to Capital 3,72,5,000.00 FEDERAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 532,928.00 UTILITIES AND TELEPHONES DEPARTMENT: 'Chargeable to Capital 3- 14,600,000.00
CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income Chargeable to Capital SOLICITOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income RECREATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT: Chargeable to Income 486,570.00 2,041,270.00 1,935,116.00 1,675,701.00
SUMMARY "A" Chargeable to Income $195,100,241.65 Chargeable to Capital 92,144,885.00 Amount to be voted under
section 1 $287,245,126.65
SCHEDULE "B" 100,000.00 Votes By Progr,amme, Support Service or Contingency Advanced 'Education and 'Manpower DE:PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SE;RVICES 2 ASSISTAN'CE TO HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 3 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS 4 MANPOWE'R DEVELO:PMENT Agriculture 1 D~PARTMENTAL SUP'PORT SERVICES 2 PRODUCTION ASSI'S,TANCE 3 MARKETING ASSISTANCE 4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 5 INTERNATIONAL DEVE'LOPMENT ASSISTANCE 4 $ 5,138,263 278,495,446 17,569,600 8,691,852 $ 6,903,724 26,788,538 5,107,985 22,416,760 1,245,148
Attorney General 1 DE'PARTM,ENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 4,232,248 2 COURT SYSTEM - PROVIN'CIAL, including $3,400,000 to be trans- ferred pursuant to Treasury Board directive to other votes und'er the Attorney General's administration for the administration of justice in the Province and the improvement of the provincial court 'System 11,995,100 3 COURT SYSTE'M - SUPREME AND DISTRICT 4,924,717 4 CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND LEGAL ADVICE 4,283,060 5 LEGAL AID AND COMPENSATION 3,612,360 6 PUBUC TRUSTEE 1,657,130 7 PROPERTY REGISTRATION 4,994;412 8 PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATION 1,269,620 9 LAND COMPENSATION 360,230 Business Development and Tourism 1 DE;PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 475,010 2 DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND TOURISM 9,190,000 Alberta Research Council 3 NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH 7,130,000 Consumer and Corporate Affairs 1 DE'PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 814,075 2 RURAL UTILITIES LOANS AND GUARANTEES 456,613 3 BUSINESS AND CO-OPERATIVE FORMATION AND REGULATION 2,821,878 4 CONSUMER EDUCATION AND PROTECTION 2,075,327 5 RENT ,REGULATION 1,350,864 Culture 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 882,550 2 CULTURAL DEVELO:PMENT 5,024,740 3 HISTORIC RE'SOURCES DEVELOPMENT 3,367,926 4 INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE 2,453,000 5
Education DE'PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 3,713,010 2 FINAN'CIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS 496,341,000 3 REGULAR EDUCATION SERVICES 6,413,600 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE,S 7,114,900 Energy and Natural Resources 1 DE:PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 6,861,220 2 MINERAL ,RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 7,914,120 3 ENERGY REVENUE MANAGEMENT 1,654,390 4 FO'REST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 28,990,700 5 PUBLIC LANDS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT 6,132,350 6 SYN,CRUDE EQUITY MANAGEMENT 406,600 Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority 7 OIL SANDS RESEARCH FUND MANAGEME.NT 711,200 Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission 8 PETROLEUM MARKETING AND MARKET RESEARCH 1,425,000 Environment 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 1,699,171 2 POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL 8,935,142 3 LAND CONSERVATION 5,915,000 4 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 30,231,601 5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 3,547,395 Environment Conservation Authority 6 OVERVIEW AND CO·ORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION 897,000 Executive Council 1 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ADIMINISTRAJIION $ 1,271,310 2 MINISTERS WITHOUT PORTFOUO· 171,260 Native Secretariat 3 SUPPORT TO NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS 1,887,000 6
Energy Resources Conservation Board 4 ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION Alberta ,Women's Bureau 5 WOMEN'S INFORMATION Albe.rta Educational Communications Corporation 6 MULTI·MEDIA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Alberta Disaster Services 7 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs INTERGOVERNMENT AL 5,375,000 76,362 7,600,000 1,082,150 'CO.ORDINATION AND RESEARCH Inter-Departmental Support Service $ 1,494,510 Government Services 1 DE'PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES 2 BUILDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE Inter-Departmental Support Service 3 GOVERNMENT TRANSPO'RTATION Inter-Departmental Support Service 4 SUPPLY Inter-Departmental Support Service 5 PUBLIC AFFAIRS Inter-Departmental Support Service 6 COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS Inter-Departmental Support Service Hospitals and Medical Care 1 DE'PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES 2 ALBERTA HO'SPIT AL SERVICES COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION 3 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ACTIVE CARE 4 FINANCIAL AS:S,ISTANCE FOR LONG·TERM CHRONIC CARE 5 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUPERVISED PERSONAL CARE 6 MEDI'CARE 7 $ 1,294,450 56,835,380 1,233,920 782,500 4,045,635 10,758,330 $ 166,910 2,503,946 412,784,781 48,898,305 32,923,200 53,398,000
Housing and Public Works DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 1,764,483 2 SENIOR CITIZENS' HOME IMPROVEMENT 15,255,830 3 PLANNING O'F GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION Inter-Departmental Support Service 271,400 4 PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Inter-Departmental Support Service 81,827,000 5 ACQUISITION OF A'CCOMMODATION BY LEASE OR PURCHASE Inter-Departmental Support Service 32,498,222 Alberta Housing Corporation 6 HOUSING FOR ALBERTANS 16,607,000 Alberta Home Mortgage.
Corporation 7 MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE 4,027,000 Labour 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 757,239 2 LABOUR RELATIONS 2,845,417 3 G'ENERAL SAFETY SERVICES 6,951,130 4 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 2,775,000 5 INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHTS PROTECTION 623,299 6 WORKERS' COMPENSATION 6,838,000 Legislation SUPPORT TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Inter-Departmental Support Service $ 3,208,643 2 PROVIN'CIAL AUDITOR Inter-Departmental Support Service 3,392,647 3 OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN 317,740 Municipal Affairs 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 1,906,350 2 FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MUNICIPAL PROGRAMMES 56,424,000 3 ALBERTA PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION PLAN - REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS 10,601,550 8
4 SUPPO'RT TO COMMUNITY PLANNING SERVICES 5,029,030 5 ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPO'RT TO MUNI'CIPALITIES 7,556,580 6 REGULATORY BOARDS 502,430 7 CO.ORDINATION O'F NORTHEAST ALBERTA PROGRAMMES Inter-Departmental Support Service 633,180 Recreation, Parks and Wildlife 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 1,618,810 2 RECREATION DEVELOPMENT 28,945,560 3 PROVINCIAL PARKS 11,367,320 4 FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 8,683,080 5 4·H AND JUNIOR FOREST WARDENS 612,030 Social Services and Community Health DE,PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 8,890,630 2 SOCIAL ALLOWANCE AND CHILD WELFARE 173,391,310 3 SENIOR 'CITIZENS' SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS 41,640,660 4 PREVENTIVE AND SPECIALIZED SOCIAL SE'RVICES 25,605,670 5 SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED 36,619,310 6 TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS 29,736,330 7 PREVENTIVE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES 29,003,220 Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission 8 ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE - TREATMENT AND EDUCATION 6,846,850 Solicitor General 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 1,437,865 2 CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 22,268,550 3 LAW ENFORCEMENT 38,126,000 4 MOTO'R VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND DRIVER LICENSING 8,817,415 9
The Alberta Racing Commission 5 CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT OF HORSE RACING 869,800 Transportation 1 DE'PARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 2,932,110 2 CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAY SYSTEMS 155,356,498 3 CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF RAIL SYSTEMS 8,271,600 4 CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AIRPORT FACILITIES 11,337,900 5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 33,556,378 6 TRANSPORTATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT 1,803,303 7 URBAN TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE 39,201,920 8 SURVEYS AND MAPPING 3,417,398 Treasury 1 DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 930,210 2 STATISTICAL SERVICES 941,150 3 REVENUE COLLECTION AND REBATE:S 44,118,600 4 FINAN'CIAL MANAGEMENT, PLANNING AND CENTRAL SERVICES Inter-Departmental Support S'ervice 5,668,300 5 PUBLIC DEBT SE'RVI'CE Inter-Departmental Support g,ervice 24,211,600 Personnel Administration Office 6 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION Inter-Departmental Support g,ervice 3,078,000 Public Service Pension Administration 7 PUBLIC SERVICE PENSION ADMINISTRATION 44,658,400 Utilities and Telephones DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES $ 383,763 2 UTILITIES DEVELOPMENT 36,343,213 3 NATURAL GAS REBATES FOR ALBERTANS 70,081,060 10
Treasury Treasury VOTE FOR SALARY CONTINGENCY to be transferred to other Votes pur- suant to Treasury Board Directive $ 28,850,000
SUMMARY "B" Amounts to be voted under